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S 0157 - Enacts the South Carolina Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Thomas Young (R)
Last Action: 1/10/2023 - Senate - Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Summary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits a person who is operating a motor vehicle on any public highway in the state from holding a mobile device, texting from a mobile device or watching anything on a mobile device.

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Session 125 - (2023-2024)Printer Friendly
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S 0157 General Bill, By Young and Turner
Similar (H 3394)
Summary: South Carolina Hands-free Act
    A BILL TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA HANDS FREE ACT"; TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-3890, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO REVISE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL TO USE A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING AND PROVIDE PENALTIES, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL REVISIONS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO POINTS THAT MAY BE ASSESSED AGAINST A PERSON'S DRIVING RECORD FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING VIOLATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A TWO-POINT VIOLATION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL NOTIFY MOTORISTS OF THE HANDS-FREE REQUIREMENTS AT CERTAIN POINTS ALONG THE STATE'S INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.
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11/30/22Senate Prefiled
11/30/22Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/10/23Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 87)
01/10/23Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 84)



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